Some photos from a recent photoshoot I did for the Oshawa Tank Museum

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Recently, my girlfriend and I started dropping by the local tank museum to help volunteer with regular duties. Since she and I had done a photoshoot there before a year ago, the idea of doing some promotional work (ie- new photos for their website, a calendar, etc) popped up.

Some stipulations though...

1) The cameras had to be from my antique collection and the kind used in WWII timeframe
2) The films used had to be also of a similar mixture from that vintage (developing was fun)
3) no flashes, just hot lights or the old "steel wool" style flash cubes.
4) The museum allowed us to go into their archives and use wardrobe worn by men and women in the 1940's for the military at different ranks

Still developing some film, but this should give you an idea of the place, which incidentally is here: http://www.ontrmuseum.ca (Ontario Regiment)




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Nice job. And love the idea to use antique equipment to keep the feel and look.
 
You have some definate talent sir, good work. On a side note have you been to the aviation museum in Oshawa, probably make another great backdrop.
 
Nice! Thanks for sharing. Great idea for the promo too. You have done well for them.
 
Two of the vehicles used do NOT meet your WWII requirements (and I only say so because I've crewed them and I don't wanna feel THAT old!).

Otherwise, great pics and you've achieved a fantastic look.
 
Ha! Good eye! There's also many more photos that aren't of the proper vehicle vintage, because some are "Mark 3", "Mark 4" type upgrades to old chassis. Newer infrared based systems, missile launchers from Afghanistan use APC vehicles, etc.

Still, since this regiment was from the 40's, we decided for their museum to do the 1940's thing. Coyo, if you served, thank you
 
firemate said:
Ha! Good eye! There's also many more photos that aren't of the proper vehicle vintage, because some are "Mark 3", "Mark 4" type upgrades to old chassis. Newer infrared based systems, missile launchers from Afghanistan use APC vehicles, etc.

Still, since this regiment was from the 40's, we decided for their museum to do the 1940's thing. Coyo, if you served, thank you.
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Yessir, 14 years armour. Used the Grizzly as a member of Assault Troop during an UMPROFOR tour.

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And used the M113 throughout my career, although this is an A1 and thankfully I'm NOT old enough to have crewed one of these... for long. It's humbling to roll past a static museum and see so much that I crewed on display;
M113
Lynx
Grizzly
Cougar
Leopard (although this one came back from the dead for Afghanistan... and I'd LOVE to get into one of the newly arrived Canadian A5/A6's!).
How much longer before a Coyote ends up there too?

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I've heard of this museum and a lot of what they have there (although I didn't know they had a Sheridan) but have yet to make it there.
 
I'd say "well done." And I used to make a living doing such things.
 
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